The show must go on... Richie Kotzen plus a cold delivered another storming concert... here's my mini review
Laurie Monk:
I'd never been to the venue before, about a 50 minute drive from my Bristol base. The 12 bar is a classic venue attached to a pub. These guys know how to rock and use their sound system... I'll look to more gigs there in the future. The support band was the same band who appeared on second at Bristol. This time they seemed more together, however still the lack of passion on the vocals, a vibrato that is way too fast... little girl giggles, and some echo to mask inaccurate playing at speed. He was much more comfortable in more bluesy mode, but as was pointed it... a lack of emotion... all these things are fixable... if you have the passion!
Richie Kotzen arrived on stage with his red tele and assailed our ears with the same high quality, high precision, high emotion vocal rock I witnessed in Bristol. I attend the event with my two brothers and we all looked at each other at the end and nodded in agreement... you know we witnessed an incredible talent... this man should be in stadiums, but it's really great to have your cake and eat it in such a tiny venue. His slow playing mirror images his soulful vocal lines, his hybrid picking would lay waste to most would be shredders picking techniques. The key thing though is the songs... memorable, emotional... this guy is cool. If you get a chance see this guy on tour!
Plus another cool review from Graceful Degradation http://www.gracefuldegradation.co.uk/:
Kotzen is not a flash player, he doesn't play the axeman, but then when you're as talented as he is who needs to strike poses on stage? Some of his facial expressions were reminiscent of Frank N Furter from Rocky Horror, I grant you, but his hair successfully hid a lot of that! Although he was suffering from a cold his vocals didn't seem to suffer either. But it's the sight of his fingers flashing over the fretboard and the amazing sounds he coaxes out of his instrument that made the night.full review
Now you have your chance as the tour extends in Europe... includes links to reviews from Richie's cool forum http://www.richiekotzen.com/scripts/forum/
Reviews
09.10.09 Bristol, UK, Fiddlers
11.10.09 Poole, UK, Mr Kyps
Richie Kotzen Fooled Again - Mr Kyps 11/10/09
12.10.09 Wolverhampton, UK, The Robin 2
13.10.09 Swindon, UK, The 12 Bar
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